...Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, the Paterson Poetry Prize. Her collection "19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East" was a finalist for the National Book Award.The writing conference will offer workshops, readings and panel presentations...

Now Playing Synopsis: After decades of ongoing strife between Israel and Palestine, many observers believe the only reasonable solution for peace is for the two peoples to have two separate states, and in 2009, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad began promoting a campaign that would see Palestine recognized as a state by the United Nations. Fayyad sought to set aside divisiveness and instead asked Palestinians to imagine what sort of a state they would want, and then take concrete steps towards making it a reality. Fayyad's campaign, which he freely admitted was inspired by the program that led to the U.S.'s recognition of Israel in 1949, earned the respect of a number of international leaders and helped establish a common ground between many activists in the Middle East, but the plan fell short of its goals. Filmmaker Dan Setton profiles Salam Fayyad and chronicles his efforts to bring Palestine to the United Nations in the documentary State 194. The film was an official selection at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi Cast: Salam Fayyad, Asfa Mahmoud, Madj Biltaji, Mahmoud El-Mandawi Movie Details Play Trailer Movie Review

Now Playing Synopsis: Three women on a camping trip find their fireside bonding interrupted by a group of psychotic veterans in this survival thriller from writer Mark Duplass and his wife, first-time director Katie Aselton (who also stars). As young girls, Sarah (Kate Bosworth), Lou (Lake Bell), and Abby (director Aselton) used to spend much of their spare time on a secluded island just off the coast of Maine. Years later, Lou and Abby have grown estranged after the former slept with the latter's boyfriend, and Sarah hopes to see them reconnect by taking a nostalgic trip to their favorite childhood haunt. As dusk falls, the ladies encounter an old classmate named Henry (Will Bouvier) trekking through the woods with his friends Derek (Jay Paulson) and Alex (Anslem Richardson). Armed with rifles, the men reveal they are on a hunting trip after returning from their tours of duty in the Middle East. Later, as the two groups gather around a fire for dinner, the booze begins to flow, and Abby's inhibitions fall away. Before long, Abby and Henry are all over each other. But the situation turns critical when Henry gets too rough, and Abby accidentally kills him while attempting to break free. Upon learning that their brother in arms is dead, Derek and Alex vow that the women won't get out of the woods alive, setting the stage for a bloody life-or-death struggle between the battle-hardened soldiers, and the terrified female trio. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Kate Bosworth, Lake Bell, Katie Aselton, Will Bouvier, Jay Paulson, Anslem Richardson Movie Details Play Trailer Movie Review

...city a symbol of Syria's uprising, inspired by other Arab Spring revolts against authoritarian rulers around the Middle East. The city, the third largest in the nation, was the scene of massive street protests against Assad's regime in...

...comes to the rules for offshore exploration that must be fixed if we're going to end our dependence on oil from the Middle East."Interior Department spokeswoman Jessica Kershaw said in an email request for comment that the Obama administration...

...Christ is our peace, and through him we implore peace for all the world." He spoke of the peace needed in the Middle East, Iraq, Syria, Africa and in Asia, mentioning specifically the Korean peninsula. At the same time, here at home...

...Monday, Feb. 18, three exchange students from the Middle East will participate in a public forum at the Northern Light...a central role in the current-day conflicts in the Middle East. While traveling halfway around the world to attend...

...Monday, Feb. 18, three exchange students from the Middle East will participate in a public forum at the Northern Light...a central role in the current-day conflicts in the Middle East. While traveling halfway around the world to attend...

...into a new alliance that could reshape the turbulent Middle East, speaking of forging "comprehensive" and "unfettered...spreading its Shiite faith in the predominantly Sunni Muslim Middle East and demanded it not meddle in the affairs of Gulf Arab...

...journalism got to be too much for him. Fascinated by the Middle East and frustrated with news coverage he saw as often too...organizations. The uprisings and revolutions in the Middle East have attracted freelance journalists who don't need...